Updated On: 18 March, 2020 12:01 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
The event, which was to begin today, was cancelled due to the coronavirus outbreak

Swara Bhasker and Divya Dutta
Faraz Arif Ansari's Sheer Qorma, starring Shabana Azmi, Divya Dutta and Swara Bhasker, was to be screened at the 2020 British Film Institute Flare: London LGBT film festival. The event, which was to begin today, was cancelled due to the coronavirus outbreak. "Independent filmmakers like me have no major corporate backing. I am heartbroken. I don't know how to process it. It took me two years to put the film together," says Ansari.
He was to be accompanied by producer Marijke DeSouza and Bhasker. Sonam K Ahuja was to join them to support buddy Bhasker. The film was to be screened at the Boston LGBTQ Film Festival in April, which has also been put off.